[BLU/Officers] Ideas for upcoming BLU meetings?

Jerry Feldman gaf.linux at gmail.com
Fri Mar 12 10:45:42 EST 2021


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On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 10:45 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another possibility is to discuss file systems for desktop users,
> especially since btfs is now the fedora default.
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> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 7:35 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Here is one topic we can investigate. This is from an article in wired
>> last year:
>> NASA's Plan to Turn the ISS Into a Quantum Laser Lab
>> https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-plan-to-turn-the-iss-into-a-quantum-laser-lab/
>>
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>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 11:40 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:42 PM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any thoughts for speakers and topics for the next few BLU meetings?
>>>>
>>>
>>> 1. The ongoing *NAS* discussion on GNHLUG list is fodder for thought,
>>> but not sure who you'd get to cover which subset of that.
>>>
>>> Related, the latest *BSD Now* podcast mentions *OpenZFS* has a new
>>> feature in Raid-Z called *dRaid* that solves a problem with healing
>>> performance.
>>> https://www.bsdnow.tv/393
>>> https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-draid-finally/
>>>
>>> I might not hop on this new feature *immediately* if were i building a
>>> NAS right *now*, as one wants stability in storage, which is the
>>> opposite of new code; and it seems aimed at bigger setups, but interesting
>>> nonetheless.
>>>
>>> 2. *BSD* in general is perhaps undercovered lately but specifically
>>> included in the B.L.*U *TLA.
>>> While we're WFH meeting virtually, maybe we can recruit someone from the
>>> Open/Net/Free BSD communities ?
>>>
>>> And then there's the other BSD, Mac OSX.
>>> Perhaps someone has a pre-canned presie on OSX Commandline for folks
>>> used to Linux/Unix/POSIX shell/CLI?
>>> I got a Mac for Linux People book 15-20 years ago when kid got a
>>> Macbook, but it's out of date by now.
>>> Probably an earlier version of
>>> https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mac-os-x/9780596520625/
>>> *Mac OS X For Unix Geeks, 4th Edition *by* Ernest E. Rothman, Rich
>>> Rosen, Brian Jepson*
>>> (Advanced section discusses dual booting)
>>> but it might have been an Apress or No Starch equivalent, i'd have to
>>> rummage to see.
>>>
>>> Do we perhaps have contact with any of those 3 authors?
>>>
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